Word: twins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like many Californians he got his athletic start in competitive swimming. At age ten he left the pools to twin brother Don and settled in as a Little League shortstop. A few years later he starred for the El Segundo High School varsity team...
When he boldly 'tackled the twin problems of runaway inflation at home and a hemorrhaging dollar abroad by tightening credit and raising interest rates a month ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was almost universally hailed. The road down from 13% inflation would be long and difficult, but it was also imperative; and Volcker's policy was acclaimed as necessary. Now the costs of the descent are beginning to become evident...
...winners is notable for several reasons. For once, the often controversial Peace Prize went to an individual beyond criticism or calumny: Mother Teresa, 69, who has spent a selfless lifetime working in the slums of Calcutta. The prize for literature went to the Greek lyric poet Odysseus Elytis. The twin economics prizes went to men whose concern has been the problems of the developing world...
...vital respect, this year's winning roster was similar to those of previous years: it had, overall, a distinctly American cast. Continuing their domination of the Nobel science prizes, Americans took two out of three of the physics awards, and one each of the twin medicine, chemistry and economics honors...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Pursuing their twin goals of an Ivy championship and a regional playoff berth, the Crimson stick-women defeated an aggressive Brown squad, 2-1 in Providence, R.I. yesterday...